Re: [PATCH 10/10] powerpc: remove address space overrides using set_fs()

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Sep 02 2020 - 08:37:14 EST


On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 08:15:12AM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> - return 0;
>> - return (size == 0 || size - 1 <= seg.seg - addr);
>> + if (addr >= TASK_SIZE_MAX)
>> + return false;
>> + if (size == 0)
>> + return false;
>
> __access_ok() was returning true when size == 0 up to now. Any reason to
> return false now ?

No, this is accidental and broken. Can you re-run your benchmark with
this fixed?